A look back at last night’s sample and the tasting notes for Sample #2, which again is a sherry-bourbon hybrid unless I am severely mistaken, but with a larger role for the bourbon this time ’round. And hey, hey, do I smell hay as well? Intriguing…
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Glen Garioch 22yo 51.2% Kintra
Glen Garioch distillery has a certain profile which usually works for me: spicy, with quite a bit of spirit still peeking through the cask-influence (or so I imagine). Based on tasting it at the The Hague whisky festival last year and being quite impressed, I bought this bottle of 22 year old Glen Garioch by the Dutch bottler Kintra. And since whisky festivals are among the worst places to properly taste whisky, here are my notes based on a re-tasting in the comfort of my own home. Let’s see if my first impression was correct.